I want to be a pilot but I don't have 20/20 vision. Can I still do it?

Question

Will the Canadian airforce take me even though my eye's are not the best. Can I go to College for it? I don't want to be a fighter pilot or anything, but I want to fly............

Answer 1

The 20/20 thing applied in the past, but now you just have to have vision that is correctable to 20/20 (meaning glasses or contacts that correct it).

Of course, Canada might be different?

Answer 2

Hey check out this site....!

http://www.improvingmyeyesight.com/rebuild.html

The site offers a program of eye exercises to improve your vision. Actually, the creator of the program, Orlin Sorensen, had a very similar situation like you... he wanted to be a pilot, but didn't have 20/20 vision. You can read his story on the site.

My vision is 20/400, which is really poor. I recently started doing the exercises to try to improve my vision. I created a blog where I record my progress with the exercises.

I recently saw some improvement. Other people (who have also experienced improvements) have posted comments about their experiences as well. You can check it out at: http://improvingmyeyesight.com/blog

Hope this helps....

Answer 3

In the US there are (or at least used to be) different requirements for the Navy than the Air Force, so folks needing glasses would go to the Navy. Meanwhile there were helicopter pilots, some of which I've seen with glasses, and the other services used them. I went to the Canadian site and saw that your navy uses helicopters and have at least one aircraft carrier (Montreal), so you might try there.

Answer 4

I want a golden toilet but im not rich eanough. But can i still get one? Yes i can! So You can too!

Answer 5

i think you can still fly if you can look clearly and pay attention